“I didn’t hit it great, but Dad saved me on a couple of them and I rolled them in.”
Padraig Harrington and his son Paddy are just a shot off Tiger and Charlie Woods in the PNC Championship in Orlando.
The 36-hole exhibition tournament sees former and current professional golfers play alongside a child or parent.
Naturally, most eyes are on the Woods family and they did not disappoint with Tiger and 15-year-old son Charlie carding a 59 to leave them on 13 under par, alongside Bernhard Langer and son Jason Langer as well as Vijay Singh and his son Qass.
The Harrington boys are a shot further back and will tee off for their second round alongside two-time major winner Mark O’Meara and his son Shaun.
They began their first round with an excellent long-putt birdie from dad, which you can watch here.
On Friday Woods said: “I’m not competitive right now. But I just want to be able to have the experience again.”
“Yeah, he (Charlie) beat me for nine holes.
“He has yet to beat me for 18 holes. That day is coming – I’m just prolonging it for as long as I possibly can.”
“I think he’s doing a great job. In this day and age where you have so many different – everyone is basically media, with all the phones. Being constantly filmed and constantly people watching, that’s just part of his generation, and that’s part of the world that he has to manoeuvre through.
“I try and do the best job I possibly can as a parent. I’m always here for him. But at the end of the day, I just want him to just be himself and live his own life.”
After the round Tiger said: “It’s a scramble, so we’re trying to pull off each and every shot for each other.
“I think we did that great pretty much the entire day. Charlie made pretty much most of the putts today.”
Charlie added: “I didn’t hit it great, but Dad saved me on a couple of them and I rolled them in.”
The ever popular John Daly was also competing alongside his son John Daly II. The duo won the event back in 2021.
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